A cottage industry has also developed to help beat the troubled system’s audit process with whistleblowers revealing that some auditors are being paid to give passes to businesses. Scores of NDIS ...

The “golden age” of piano-making came just before World War I. At a time when buying a home was beyond most people’s reach, the instruments were an attainable status symbol. Credit: Getty ...

AFTER posting a Gumtree ad, looking for a particular doll for her young daughter, a grateful mum was touched when a woman named Liz offered to donate one for free. Liz added: “Can I just ask one thing ...

The National Football League today announced a multiyear commitment to play regular season games in Melbourne, Australia beginning in 2026 as the league continues to take international games to new ...

It takes a painstaking process over several months to piece together the Melbourne Cup field, but finally, it has been whittled down to the 24 horses who will compete for Australian racing’s ultimate ...

Who gets the public holiday? The Melbourne Cup is dubbed by many as ‘the race that stops a nation’. It is the richest two-mile handicapped race in the world, regularly attracting a global audience ...

The current mayor, a former mayor and a longtime city resident who previously ran for the mayoral position are all vying to lead Melbourne. Melbourne residents will go to the polls to select between ...

GUMTREE Cars has launched a new partnership with Carinspect as an additional offering to car buyers looking to purchase a privately-listed car. The strategic partnership means that buyers can easily ...

Tacey Rychter, an editor for The Times’s Travel section, lived in Melbourne for nearly 30 years and travels there regularly. Melbourne, long seen as Australia’s second city, is runner-up no more after ...

Without A Fight has taken out this year's Melbourne Cup, beating home the likes of Soulcombe and Sheraz to claim the coveted $8 million feature race at Flemington. The seven-year-old gelding from the ...

The Melbourne Cup carnival has received an almighty boost with confirmation from the world’s leading jockey Frankie Dettiori that he intends to ride over three days of the Flemington spring carnival.